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China Makes Historic Touchdown on Moon's Far Side
The landing appears to have been accomplished without any major issues, however, and the Chinese lander and rover will be able to begin exploring the moon's far side, an environment astronauts and spacecraft have until today only seen from afar.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers 'anomaly' during engine testing
In a statement , a SpaceX spokesperson confirmed there was a problem of some kind during tests of the spacecraft at Landing Zone 1 , the former Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, but provided few details about the what happened.
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Gosporth’s board blamed for setting up a "half-Christmas tree"
Christmas tree permits are now available at Bureau of Land Management offices around New Mexico. He says you do not just pick out your Christmas tree when you come visit. "And it's not as rainy this year, that's a good thing, that helps", Kalie said. The Christmas tree market saw a large decline in 2008 when the country was deep in recession.
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The Orion spacecraft makes its way to Plum Brook Station
After parachuting to Earth, the Orion spacecraft can be refurbished and launched again on future missions. The Orion coming out of the Super Guppy on Monday. It has a maximum cruising speed of 480 km / h and can carry 24,000 kg of freight. It can also cool the contents of the chamber to -300 degrees Fahrenheit.
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'Unicorn' meteor shower could produce rare storm Thursday night
Two stargazers anticipated the upheaval will last not exactly an hour and could even yield in excess of 400 meteors in that time. In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors. It is suggested that anyone wanting to view the storm to find a clear view of the sky facing east. In this case, however, the debris stream that causes the shower is very narrow-less than 32,000 miles wide-so the peak is expected to last from a mere 15 minutes to an hour.
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Elon Musk's Starship Prototype Exploded during Testing
The Mk1 Starship prototype is officially done following an explosive incident at SpaceX's test site on Wednesday afternoon. "The objective of today's test was to pressurize the systems to the fullest, so the result was not completely unexpected".